Gary Cooper
Date of birth: 1901-05-07
Place of birth: Helena, Montana, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Coop, Garry Cooper, Frank James Cooper, Frank J. Cooper, Cowboy Cooper, The Montana Mule, Studs, Гері Купер, گری کوپر
Biography
Gary Cooper (May 7, 1901 - May 13, 1961) was an American film actor known for his natural, authentic, and understated acting style and screen performances. His career spanned thirty-six years, from 1925 to 1961, and included leading roles in eighty-four feature films. He was a major movie star from the end of the silent film era through to the end of the golden age of Classical Hollywood. His screen persona appealed strongly to both men and women, and his range of performances included roles in most major movie genres. Cooper's ability to project his own personality onto the characters he played contributed to his natural and authentic appearance on screen. Throughout his career, he sustained a screen persona that represented the ideal American hero.
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High Noon
1952-06-09
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has b
Movie Tough Guys
1991-01-01
This compilation of film highlights features many of the biggest box office tough guys of the 1930s,
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985-01-01
William Shatner, Liz Taylor and many more stars blow lines, lose their pants and more in this hilari
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996-04-06
Her name conjures up beauty, grace, talent and style. One of the greatest actresses of her time, she
A Farewell to Arms
1932-12-08
A tale of the World War I love affair, begun in Italy, between American ambulance driver Lt. Frederi
The Fountainhead
1949-06-25
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936-04-09
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
1938-03-25
American multi-millionaire Michael Brandon marries his eighth wife, Nicole, the daughter of a broke
The Wedding Night
1935-03-08
While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett develops ro
Alice in Wonderland
1933-12-18
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderla
Meet John Doe
1941-03-14
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who
Vera Cruz
1954-12-25
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. T
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943-07-12
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war g
Warrior Gap
1925-01-02
Against explicit orders, a vainglorious cavalry major insists on counterattacking a gang of hostile
Wings
1927-08-12
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fig
Garden of Evil
1954-07-09
A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue
City Streets
1931-04-18
A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.
Ball of Fire
1941-12-02
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. Whe
The Virginian
1929-11-09
A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discove
Man of the West
1958-06-20
Heading east to Fort Worth to hire a schoolteacher for his frontier town home, Link Jones is strande
Morocco
1930-11-14
Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disi
Beau Geste
1939-07-24
When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped
The Westerner
1940-09-18
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bea
Friendly Persuasion
1956-10-30
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to vio
The Hanging Tree
1959-02-19
Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across
Souls at Sea
1937-09-03
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave tra
Task Force
1949-08-30
After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and
Distant Drums
1951-12-25
After destroying a Seminole fort, American soldiers and their rescued companions must face the dange
The Plainsman
1936-11-16
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
1935-01-11
In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers led by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are h
Cloak and Dagger
1946-09-28
Italian partisans help a professor sent by the OSS to find an atomic scientist held by Nazis.
Sergeant York
1941-09-27
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the
Dick Turpin
1925-02-01
In eighteenth century England, gentleman highwayman Dick Turpin overcomes many difficulties to rescu
Citizen Cohn
1992-08-22
As lawyer and power broker Roy Cohn lies dying of AIDS in a private hospital room, ghosts from his p
It's a Great Feeling
1949-08-20
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big b
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934-10-04
A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933-12-01
Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.
Make Me a Star
1932-07-01
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune.
It
1927-02-05
A flapper shopgirl woos her rich boss with animal magnetism -- the captivating personal quality othe
Old Ironsides
1926-12-06
An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Iron
Lightnin' Flashes
1926-11-01
Lightnin' tries to save agent Eileen Sedgwick and her rich boyfriend from the infamous webs of the S
The Johnstown Flood
1926-02-28
A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
North Star
1925-12-27
During a wild party, Wilbur Gale hits another man and, incorrectly believing that he has killed him,
The Eagle
1925-11-08
Vladimir Dubrouvsky, a lieutenant in the Russian army, catches the eye of Czarina Catherine II. He s
The Trail Rider
1925-02-22
Story of a cowboy who saves an old cobbler from being abused by a nasty banker. The banker does not
The Thundering Herd
1925-03-01
Story of a trader who uncovers a scheme to blame the Indians for a Buffalo massacre.
The Drug Store Cowboy
1925-06-01
This comedy-melodrama focuses on Marmaduke Grandon, who's a drug store clerk with aspirations to be
The Vanishing American
1925-10-15
A tribe of Navajo live on a reservation overseen by an Indian-hating agent.
A Six Shootin' Romance
1926-03-07
"Lightning" Jack inherits a ranch. Unfortunately, he is forced to share his inheritance with Donald
Saratoga Trunk
1945-11-21
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces
Alias Jesse James
1959-03-20
Insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth sells a man a life policy only to discover that the man in que
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925-03-15
A Texas Ranger searches for his kidnapped sister.
They Came to Cordura
1959-06-01
An army major, himself guilty of cowardice, is asked to recommended soldiers for the Congressional M
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925-12-25
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman of
Love in the Afternoon
1957-05-29
Lovestruck conservatory student Ariane pretends to be just as much a cosmopolitan lover as the world
The Lucky Horseshoe
1925-08-30
Based on a story by Robert Lord, the film is about a ranch foreman who assumes responsibility for th
Tricks
1925-11-16
Collegian Angelica "Trix" Varden, willful daughter of William Varden, after a midnight spread of lob
Casanova Brown
1944-08-23
Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time. His first marriage, to Isabel, was annulled. But w
Breakdowns of 1941
1941-11-14
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
The Pride of the Yankees
1942-07-14
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Showbiz Goes to War
1982-12-31
While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War
You're in the Navy Now
1951-02-23
When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experim
Now and Forever
1934-08-31
Freewheeling wanderer Jerry Day and his beautiful wife Toni are at odds over their lifestyle. Jerry
Devil and the Deep
1932-08-12
Naval commander Charles Sturm has made life miserable for his wife Diana due to his insane jealousy
Along Came Jones
1945-07-19
An easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it woul
Unconquered
1947-10-10
England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to esc
North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) trave
It's a Big Country
1951-11-20
Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American prop
Bright Leaf
1950-06-16
Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944-07-04
As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to esca
Blowing Wild
1953-10-07
Wildcatter Jeff Dawson does his best to bring in a gusher in Mexico despite continual bandit raids.
Peter Ibbetson
1935-11-07
When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live wi
Lilac Time
1928-10-18
In France during World War I, a charming farm girl keeps a squadron of English pilots in good spirit
Design for Living
1933-12-29
An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
Desire
1936-04-11
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his v
The Winning of Barbara Worth
1926-10-14
While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a loc
Ten North Frederick
1958-05-22
After her father's funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of ap
If I Had a Million
1932-11-18
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight st
Today We Live
1933-03-03
Two lovers are living together and are not married; they had made a promise as children to get marri
The Naked Edge
1961-06-28
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife rece
Good Sam
1948-09-01
Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them ou
Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend
1989-11-05
Hosted by Clint Eastwood, Hollywood Remembers: Gary Cooper -- American Life, American Legend is a bi
Nevada
1927-08-01
A once notorious gunfighter takes a respectable job on a ranch. "Nevada" is charged with protecting
Fighting Caravans
1931-02-01
Clint Belmet (Gary Cooper) is a bit of a firebrand and is sentenced to at least 30 days in jail, but
Springfield Rifle
1952-10-22
Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go
Operator 13
1934-06-08
American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938-11-17
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC
1988-05-16
Stars celebrate Bob Hope's 50 years with NBC.
The Real Glory
1939-09-29
Fort Mysang, southern Philippine Islands, under US rule, 1906. A small group of army officers and na
The General Died at Dawn
1936-11-17
China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adven
Dallas
1950-12-30
After the Civil War, Confederate soldier Blayde Hollister travels to Dallas to avenge the savage mur
Variety Girl
1947-08-29
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business char
The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959-11-17
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove t
Return to Paradise
1953-07-19
An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and t
The Adventures of Marco Polo
1938-04-07
The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval Ch
One Sunday Afternoon
1933-09-01
Middle-aged dentist Biff Grimes reminisces about his unrequited love for beautiful Virginia Brush an
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955-12-31
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High
Only the Brave
1930-03-07
Cooper is a Union Army officer who after being jilted by girlfriend, Virginia Bruce, volunteers on w
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982-01-01
A collection of bloopers and outtakes from an enormous selection of Hollywood classic productions sp
Starlift
1951-12-14
To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie ge
Seven Days Leave
1930-01-24
In London, during WWI, a lonely woman who wants to feel a part of the war effort pretends to her fri
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999-06-14
Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews wit
Boom on Paris
1954-02-19
In the early 1950s, the popular radio show "La Kermesse aux Étoiles", hosted by the famous Jean Noha
Doomsday
1928-02-19
A woman must choose between a life on the farm and a life of luxury.
The Legion of the Condemned
1928-03-10
Finding his sweetheart, Christine, in the arms of a German officer, Price joins the French Air Legio
Snow Carnival
1949-12-17
Snow Carnival is a 1949 short documentary film narrated by Gary Cooper, and supervised by Gordon Hol
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 3
1942-01-01
Hedda reports on a dog training school and a Hemingway hunting trip.
His Woman
1931-11-20
Tough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a missiona
The Shopworn Angel
1928-12-29
Shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive
Wolf Song
1929-03-29
In 1840, Sam Lash heads west for adventure. He meets up with some Mountain Men, and they head for th
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
1935-12-07
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nomi
Paris Hilton, Inc.
2009-11-29
We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton.
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were
Three Pals
1926-01-05
The daughter of a Kentucky colonel returns from her European finishing school to help prove his inno
Hollywood on Parade
1932-06-05
A short featuring many stars
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987-06-08
A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997-05-12
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17
Project XX: The Real West
1961-03-29
Silver-screen legend Gary Cooper narrates this insightful documentary, which aims to subvert the ide
Hollywood Boulevard
1936-08-20
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
1960-01-10
A look at the past, present and future of Hollywood as seen through the eyes of the movie columnist.
A Man from Wyoming
1930-07-12
A story about a man from Wyoming who enlists in the Army and is sent to the front during World War I
The Texan
1930-05-10
Outlaw Llano Kid poses as a rich Mexican widow's son and falls in love with a cousin.
Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies
2001-10-07
The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's grea
The Spoilers
1930-09-20
On a voyage to Nome, Roy Glenister, one of the several owners of a rich mine, The Midas, is captivat
Lightnin' Wins
1926-10-04
Lightnin' the dog and his master, Tom Harding are on to a group of smugglers who operate down at the
The Stolen Jools
1931-04-04
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to ra
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973-01-01
Overview of director King Vidor's filmography.
Beau Sabreur
1928-01-22
The film is about a desert-bound member of the French Foreign Legion who exposes a betrayer to the L
Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
1934-12-01
Several members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show.
Paramount on Parade
1930-04-22
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, cre
Children of Divorce
1927-04-25
A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, bu
Bright Leaves
2004-04-28
Ross McElwee travels through the North Carolina tobacco belt in search of the ancient southern tradi
I Take This Woman
1931-06-26
A wealthy New York socialite falls for and marries a cowboy while out West. Her father disinherits h
The First Kiss
1928-08-17
The Talbots, formerly one of the Eastern Shore's first families, have gone to seed: Pap is a drunk,
Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire
1991-07-15
Actress Sally Field looks at the dramatic life and successful career of the superb actress Barbara S
Wild Horse Mesa
1925-09-13
Desperate for money, a rancher decides to trap and sell wild horses, using barbed wire. The local Na
The Last Outlaw
1927-07-01
On his way to Steer City, Buddy Hale rescues Janet Lane from a runaway horse. Unknown to Buddy, the
Breakdowns of 1944
1944-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1944.
Breakdowns of 1949
1949-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1949.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent
Complicated Women
2003-05-06
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, u
Memo for Joe
1944-08-10
Documentary short film extolling the virtues of the American Community Chest charity program and its
Betrayal
1929-05-11
André Frey, a bohemian artist, woos and wins a rustic Swiss maid, promising to return to her after a
The 10 from Texas
1961-01-01
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943-10-16
This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's e
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997-11-01
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift thos
Half a Bride
1928-06-16
Patience Winslow is an impulsive heiress who marries a much-older man whom she really doesn't love.
The Army Nurse
1945-12-28
This short details the importance of U.S. Army Nurses and all of the hard work and compassion that t
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977-06-15
Digby Geste joins his brother, Beau, in the Foreign Legion following the theft of a priceless family
Gary Cooper: The Face of a Hero
1998-03-17
Known for his personification of the Western Hero, it was Montana-born Gary Cooper's horse-riding sk
Arizona Bound
1927-04-09
Dave Saulter, a rambling young cowboy drifts into a small western town the day a big gold shipment i
Lest We Forget
1937-05-01
MGM hosts a salute to Will Rogers (1875-1935) shortly after his death. After a few words from Gary C
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935-04-12
Part of the Screen Snapshots series.
Songs for After a War
1976-02-09
A particular reading of the hard years of famine, repression and censorship after the massacre of th
Showbiz Ballyhoo
1982-05-05
Rare footage reveals how stars were created and motion pictures sold, and how the the advent of soun
The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958-06-08
A 1958 TV special celebrating westerns featuring John Wayne, John Ford, Gary Cooper, Gene Autry, Gab
Bad Man's Bluff
1926-12-26
Bad Man's Bluff is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Alan James.